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VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in VoiceOver
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- Use VoiceOver in the login window
- Change function key behavior
- Make VoiceOver ignore the next key press
- Learn or mute VoiceOver sound effects
- Hear hints and information
- Use positional audio
- Interact with areas and groups
- Hear progress or status changes
- Select and deselect items
- Drag and drop items
- Use cursor tracking
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- Use VoiceOver Utility
- Change voice settings
- Customize verbosity
- Customize punctuation
- Change how VoiceOver pronounces text and symbols
- Change what the VoiceOver rotor shows
- Create custom labels for UI elements
- Export, import, and reset VoiceOver preferences
- Use VoiceOver portable preferences
- Use VoiceOver activities
- Copyright
Use VoiceOver to navigate the desktop on Mac
The desktop shows icons for many items, such as folders, documents, or image files.
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier. See Use the VoiceOver modifier.
Move to the desktop: Press VO-Shift-D.
Move between items on the desktop: Press the arrow keys.
Quickly move to an item on the desktop: Type the first letter of the item. For example, if you have a file named “travel plans” on the desktop, type “T” to move to it.
Open an item selected on the desktop: Press Command-O. Folders open in a Finder window.
See alsoUse VoiceOver to select and deselect items on MacUse VoiceOver in Mission Control on MacUse VoiceOver to navigate the Dock on MacUse VoiceOver to navigate the Finder on Mac
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